Ruffin, Frances E.

Summary: Profiles the man who escaped slavery in Maryland to become a speaker and writer for abolition and the rights of African Americans and women, and an advisor to presidents.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2008

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 DOU

Summary: A high-powered consultant in love with her upscale Miami lifestyle is sent to a small Minnesota town, in the middle of nowhere, to oversee the restructuring of a blue collar manufacturing plant. She endures a frosty reception from the locals, along with the icy roads and freezing weather. She warms up to the small town's charm, and eventually finds herself being accepted by the community. When...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2009

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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY NEW

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Summary: In the Paris of 1978, old formulas do not charm listeners anymore in a male-dominated music industry. Until Ana uses her synthetizers to make herself heard, creating a new sound that will mark the decades to come: the music of the future.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CHO

Summary: This jolt of pure cinematic adrenaline affirmed directors Josh and Benny Safdie as heirs to the gritty, heightened realism of Martin Scorsese and John Cassavetes. Adam Sandler delivers an almost maniacally embodied performance as Howard Ratner, a fast-talking New York jeweler in relentless pursuit of the next big score. When he comes into possession of a rare opal, it seems Howard's ship has...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY UNC

Summary: The fictionalized biography of composer Cole Porter from his days at Yale in the 1910s through the height of his success to the 1940s.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2004

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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS NIG

Summary: A charismatic jeweler makes a high-stakes bet that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. In a precarious high-wire act, he must balance business, family, and adversaries on all sides in pursuit of the ultimate win.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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2 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY UNC

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD UNC

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Summary: A story of the young Americans who volunteered to be part of the French military prior to the United States involvement in WWI, also known as Lafayette Escadrille, and how they became the country's first fighter pilots.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2007

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Flyboys 2007

Summary: Irene is with her elderly paramour, on the Riviera, to celebrate her birthday. When he falls asleep on her, she decides to slip down to the hotel bar. There, she mistakes barman Jean for a wealthy guest. He encourages the deceit by taking her up to the Royal Suite for the night. The following year, the same thing happens. This time her lover finds out and disowns her. Knowing Jean is a barman...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: First Look Home Entertainment 2008

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN PRI

Griffin, W. E. B.

Summary: When lethal biological materials fall into terrorist hands, covert operative Charlie Castillo and his elite force must act quickly to spare the lives of millions.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2011

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC GRI

Griffin, W. E. B.

Summary: When lethal biological materials fall into terrorist hands, covert operative Charlie Castillo and his elite force must act quickly to spare the lives of millions.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2011

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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC GRI

Summary: Examines the national public health threat posed by Alzheimer's disease, which erodes memory, thinking, and physical ability. Experts present evidence that unless a cure is found soon, the disease will have serious impact on the U.S. economy, bankrupting Medicare and Medicaid as well as millions of Americans.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ALZ

Griffin, W. E. B.

Summary: There's an uneasy and unholy alliance building across the Caribbean. Few in the U.S. government want to believe that a Third World country and its chest-thumping leader could pose a credible threat-but then why are the Chinese helping to train its special forces? Why are the Russians helping to build a nuclear power plant?

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 2011

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC GRI

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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRI

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Griffin, W. E. B.

Summary: Recruited by Wild Bill Donovan to set up an airline that will be an OSS front in 1943 Argentina, Marine pilot Cletus Frade monitors two German operations, including a concentration-camp smuggling ring and a Nazi protection group.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2008

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Griffin, W. E. B.

Summary: In 1946, special agent James Cronley Jr. uncovers evidence of a stolen fortune in the hands of Odessa while tracking down two escaped Nazi war criminals.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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Griffin, W. E. B.

Summary: Facing daunting challenges in the form of political threats against the OSS and the early stirrings of the Cold War, Cletus Frade and his colleague conduct a secret operation to counter the growing ambitions of Joseph Stalin.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2011

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC GRI

Griffin, W. E. B.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 1996

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Griffin, W. E. B.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Jove 1991

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC Griff

Griffin, W. E. B.

Summary: Charlie Castillo's secret unit has been disbanded, but that doesn't mean he's out of business. A FedEx package arrives, bearing photos of barrels containing some of the most dangerous biohazard materials on Earth, all of which were supposed to have been destroyed during a raid on a secret Russian factory in the Congo. Who has them, and what do they want? Castillo has a feeling he's not going to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2010

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRI

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Griffin, W. E. B.

Summary: Major Richard Caniday of the Office of Strategic Services, the World War II spy agency, embarks on a mission to smuggle a scientist out of Germany. The scientist is an expert on jet aircraft, which both sides are racing to build.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1999

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Griffin, W. E. B.

Summary: When Captain Ken McCoy is asked to leave the Corps after his report on probable North Korean hostilities displeases his superiors, McCoy is hired by the CIA and must join with other veterans to retaliate against Korea's invasion of the 38th parallel.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2002

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC GRI